Australia has nine passenger open skies agreements with other countries – including with China, India, US, UK and Singapore.
Flight Centre boss Graham Turner has called for the competition watchdog to be consulted on how foreign airlines gain access to Australian airspace, after the federal government rejected Qatar Airways’ request to double its flights to the country.more “open skies” agreements
“The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is generally involved with code share determinations. We believe it should also be consulted on bilateral agreements,” Turner said, and pointed to the ACCC’s involvement on decisions pertaining to the travel industry. “There’s a story out there about protecting Qantas, I think it runs deeper than that. I would like to hear from the Minister,” Turner said, adding that the decision favoured Qantas.
The Australian Travel Industry Association’s Dean Long said it was 90 per cent more expensive to fly to Greece in July than the same period in 2019, and 75 per cent more expensive to fly to the UK when compared to the same period before the pandemic.
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